Trivia: QB oh-fers (1 Viewer)

[CalBear]

Pat White went 0-for-5 passing in his rookie season. Since 1960, several other QBs have gone 0-for-5 on a season. Two of those went on to be starting QBs in the NFL, both for a different team than they played for in their 0-for-5 season. Who are those two?

It looks like no QB has ever had a season total worse than 0-for-5.

One caveat: One of the answers, some sources list as 0-for-4, others as 0-for-5 in the specified season.

 

[Ilov80s]

Pat White went 0-for-5 passing in his rookie season. Since 1960, several other QBs have gone 0-for-5 on a season. Two of those went on to be starting QBs in the NFL, both for a different team than they played for in their 0-for-5 season. Who are those two?It looks like no QB has ever had a season total worse than 0-for-5.One caveat: One of the answers, some sources list as 0-for-4, others as 0-for-5 in the specified season.

Pretty sure Brett Favre is one.

 

[tjford]

Daunte Culpepper?

 

[Ilov80s]

Daunte Culpepper?

Vikings drafted him so that would not work.

 

[CalBear]

Pat White went 0-for-5 passing in his rookie season. Since 1960, several other QBs have gone 0-for-5 on a season. Two of those went on to be starting QBs in the NFL, both for a different team than they played for in their 0-for-5 season. Who are those two?It looks like no QB has ever had a season total worse than 0-for-5.One caveat: One of the answers, some sources list as 0-for-4, others as 0-for-5 in the specified season.

Pretty sure Brett Favre is one.

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

 

[Ilov80s]

Pat White went 0-for-5 passing in his rookie season. Since 1960, several other QBs have gone 0-for-5 on a season. Two of those went on to be starting QBs in the NFL, both for a different team than they played for in their 0-for-5 season. Who are those two?It looks like no QB has ever had a season total worse than 0-for-5.One caveat: One of the answers, some sources list as 0-for-4, others as 0-for-5 in the specified season.

Pretty sure Brett Favre is one.

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

He sucked. Whatever happened to him?

 

[Mentos]

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

0 for 5 was the old number. It was adjusted to 0 for 4 I assume by Elias, which would make 0 for 4 the offical tally. I don't know why it was adjusted, though. As for the other player, I first thought of Len Dawson and Steve Bono. Both had ignominious beginnings, but neither is the answer to your question.Bono was 1 for 10 as a Vikings rookie in 1985.Dawson was 2 for 4 as a Steelers rookie in 1957. Dawson wouldn't work as the answer to your question anyway because his rookie season came prior to 1960.

 

[Mentos]

Steve Ramsey was drafted by the Saints in 1970 and went 0 for 1 that year. He played with Denver from 1971-76. He was their regular starter the year before they went to their first Super Bowl.

Again, not quite good enough to answer the question.

Trent Green was another guy I though of here. He was 0 for 1 as a rookie with Washington.

 

[CalBear]

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

0 for 5 was the old number. It was adjusted to 0 for 4 I assume by Elias, which would make 0 for 4 the offical tally. I don't know why it was adjusted, though. As for the other player, I first thought of Len Dawson and Steve Bono. Both had ignominious beginnings, but neither is the answer to your question.Bono was 1 for 10 as a Vikings rookie in 1985.Dawson was 2 for 4 as a Steelers rookie in 1957. Dawson wouldn't work as the answer to your question anyway because his rookie season came prior to 1960.

Steve Bono's 1-for-10 is an answer to a couple of other trivia questions--the lowest completion percentage among players with at least one completion, for example.I should give a hint. The other QB finished his stint as a starter on a team that lost 13 games in a row. The following year, he was replaced by a QB who is now in the Hall of Fame.

 

[Chase Stuart]

If you're talking about **** Shiner, he was 0/1 as a rookie and 0/5 in his third year.

 

[Andy Herron]

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

0 for 5 was the old number. It was adjusted to 0 for 4 I assume by Elias, which would make 0 for 4 the offical tally. I don't know why it was adjusted, though.

It was adjusted because the pass attempt in question was a pass that was batted back at the line of scrimmage and actually caught by Favre. Because the ball never reached the line of scrimmage, it was later ruled a backwards pass, or in effect a lateral.

 

[Mentos]

I should give a hint. The other QB finished his stint as a starter on a team that lost 13 games in a row. The following year, he was replaced by a QB who is now in the Hall of Fame.

With that hint, I thought about Warren Moon and Terry Bradshaw. The Oilers were 2-14 the year before Moon came aboard. Did they lose 13 in a row? That I'd have to look up. The Steelers were 1-13 in 1969 and then drafted Bradshaw for the next year. Again, did they lose 13 in a row? **** Shiner was the regular starter in 1969 so I thought he could be the answer. I looked it up. He's not. He went 0 for 1 as a rookie for Washington in 1964. He did go 0 for 5 in 1966. He then moved on to the Browns for one season. He was then with the Steelers for 1968 and 1969. He finished out his career as a backup with the Giants, Falcons, and Patriots.

 

[Clinton]

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

0 for 5 was the old number. It was adjusted to 0 for 4 I assume by Elias, which would make 0 for 4 the offical tally. I don't know why it was adjusted, though.

It was adjusted because the pass attempt in question was a pass that was batted back at the line of scrimmage and actually caught by Favre. Because the ball never reached the line of scrimmage, it was later ruled a backwards pass, or in effect a lateral.

The pass that you're talking about was Brett's first with the Pack. I can't imagine that lightning struck twice and the same thing happened in Atlanta. I could be wrong, though.

If you're talking about **** Shiner, he was 0/1 as a rookie and 0/5 in his third year.

He's not the answer to this question, but he is the answer to, "Best QB name in NFL history?"

 

[Andy Herron]

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

0 for 5 was the old number. It was adjusted to 0 for 4 I assume by Elias, which would make 0 for 4 the offical tally. I don't know why it was adjusted, though.

It was adjusted because the pass attempt in question was a pass that was batted back at the line of scrimmage and actually caught by Favre. Because the ball never reached the line of scrimmage, it was later ruled a backwards pass, or in effect a lateral.

The pass that you're talking about was Brett's first with the Pack. I can't imagine that lightning struck twice and the same thing happened in Atlanta. I could be wrong, though.

You're probably right. I couldn't remember exactly considering it was nearly 20 years ago. Given the criteria, I was assuming. My bad. I just knew that Favre's first NFL completion was to himself. Just couldn't recall what uniform he was wearing at the time.

 

[Titans_fan]

Favre is indeed one; 0-5 (0-4 by some stat sources) for Atlanta with 2 INTs and a sack for a safety in his rookie year.

0 for 5 was the old number. It was adjusted to 0 for 4 I assume by Elias, which would make 0 for 4 the offical tally. I don't know why it was adjusted, though.

It was adjusted because the pass attempt in question was a pass that was batted back at the line of scrimmage and actually caught by Favre. Because the ball never reached the line of scrimmage, it was later ruled a backwards pass, or in effect a lateral.

The pass that you're talking about was Brett's first with the Pack. I can't imagine that lightning struck twice and the same thing happened in Atlanta. I could be wrong, though.

If you're talking about **** Shiner, he was 0/1 as a rookie and 0/5 in his third year.

He's not the answer to this question, but he is the answer to, "Best QB name in NFL history?"

Actually, **** Shiner is the correct answer to this question as well. If you read the original post carefully, the question is actually:"Who went 0-5 in a season then later went on to start for a different NFL team than the one he went 0-5 for?"

It just happened that White and Favre both did it in their rookie seasons and Shiner did it in his third.

He started 9 games for the '69 Steelers (1-13 after starting 1-0) then was replaced in 1970 by Bradshaw.

 

[Chase Stuart]

If we're not concerned about rookie seasons only, then Swede Hanson's 0-15 season will be tough to top. Among pure QBs, Hal Ledyard went 0-9 in his one and only season in the NFL.

 

[Mentos]

Actually, **** Shiner is the correct answer to this question as well. If you read the original post carefully, the question is actually:"Who went 0-5 in a season then later went on to start for a different NFL team than the one he went 0-5 for?"It just happened that White and Favre both did it in their rookie seasons and Shiner did it in his third.He started 9 games for the '69 Steelers (1-13 after starting 1-0) then was replaced in 1970 by Bradshaw.

Thanks.I got thrown off by the first sentence with the reference to White having done it last year as a rookie.

 

[CalBear]

**** Shiner is the answer I was looking for (and yes, definitely a member of the All-Name team).

When is the Historical Data Dominator going to get stats from before 1960? (Although neither of Chase's finds would count, as they didn't go on to be a starter after their oh-fer season).